29 May Trump’s Executive Order to Regulate Twitter: Going Nowhere
May 28, 2020. Trump’s Executive Order tasks the Federal Communications Commission to “clarify...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Tag
14 Dec FCC Repeals Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in favor of Chairman Pai’s decision to repeal the so-called “net neutrality” regulations December 14, 2017. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in favor of Chairman Pai’s decision to repeal the so-called “net neutrality” regulations (put in place under the Obama...
30 Mar Congress Does Away with FCC Data Privacy Regulations
Congress Does Away with FCC Data Privacy Regulations over Broadband Service Providers On March 23, 2017, Congress utilized its statutory “disapproval” mechanism to rescind the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations issued in December 2016 limiting use by broadband service providers (like AT&T and Verizon) of consumer...
28 Feb Just Released New “Net Neutrality” Regulations
The Federal Communications Commission by a vote of 3-2 just released its new “net neutrality” regulations. The earth-shaking decision is that the F.C.C.’s order “reclassifies ‘broadband Internet access service’… as a ‘telecommunications service’ under Title II.” That reclassification provides the F.C.C. the legal authority to issue...
31 Dec Broadcast Digital Television Copy Protection Regulations
2003 Begins with a Flurry of Activity in the Copyright Protection Arena. Range of Media Industry Players File Comments on Broadcast Digital Television Copy Protection Regulations. December 6th, 2002 In response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding copyright protection for broadcast digital television (DTV) based on...